ANALYSIS OF A POEM


Title of Poem__The Idea of Ancestry

Student Name____Jeff lafrance



1. What do you think the poem is about? Why?
This poem is basically about all of his famil and most of them
Which there is alot of them and they passed away and how he tells the story of
His family members.


2. What do you think some of the more striking images in the poem are and why?
The most shocking images are when he said most of them died and how most of his family passed away..


3. Write out lines that support what you think the poem is about and explain how those lines support your idea of the poem’s meaning. The meaning of his granparets died and how it hurts him..